First, a run-down of the particulars:
Your current lineal Heavyweight champion is Alistair Overeem
The full history is below. Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.
MMA Heavyweight Lineal Championship History
The first episode of ‘The Ultimate Fighter 14’ featured all 32 fighters competing in elimination bouts for a spot in the TUF house.
A few of the early favorites were eliminated in a series of exciting fights.
Here are the 16 fighters who earned a spot in the house (all rankings are approximated as-of the show’s taping)
[#58] Steven Siler: defeated [#30] Micah Miller by guillotine choke in the third (overtime) round.
[#67] Bryan Caraway: defeated [#91 LW] Eric Mariott by unanimous decision (20-18).
[#80] Diego Brandao: defated [NR] Jesse Newell by TKO in the first round.
[#82] Hamid Corassani: defated [#166] Brian Pearman by KO in the first round.
[#396 LW] Dennis Bermudez: defeated [#27 BW] Jimmie Rivera by TKO in the second round.
[NR] Marcus Brimage: defeated [NR] Bryson Wailehua-Hansen by TKO in the second round.
[NR] Stephen Bass: defeated [#227] Karsten Lenjoint by triangle choke in the second round.
[NR] Dustin Neace: defeated [NR] Josh Clopton by unanimous decision (20-18)
Bantamweights after the jump:
| Sunday, March 8th 2026: Deep Osaka Impact 2026 1st Round | |||
 [#7 W105] Moeri Suda | [#11 W105] Namiko Kawabata | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 9/15/2025 [DEEP] Last Opponent: [#5 W105] Saori Oshima Last 5: W W W W L | Last Fight Date: 5/25/2025 [DEEP] Last Opponent: [#37 W105] Honoka Shigeta Last 5: L L L W W | ||
| Friday, March 20th 2026: Professional Fighters League PFL Madrid - Van Steenis vs. Edwards 2 | |||
 [#8 MW] Costello Van Steenis |  [#13 MW] Fabian Edwards | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 7/19/2025 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#14 MW] Johnny Eblen Last 5: W L W W W | Last Fight Date: 8/21/2025 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#29 MW] Dalton Rosta Last 5: W L W W W | ||
| Saturday, February 7th 2026: PFL Dubai: Nurmagomedov vs. Davis | |||
 [#6 LW] Usman Nurmagomedov | [#16 LW] Alfie Davis | ||
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| Last Fight Date: 10/03/2025 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#15 LW] Paul Hughes Last 5: W NC W W W | Last Fight Date: 8/15/2025 [PFL] Last Opponent: [#17 LW] Gadzhi Rabadanov Last 5: W L W W W | ||
| [#31 LW] |  Salahdine Parnasse | [#6 FW] |  Rajabali Shaidullaev | |
| [#56 MW] |  Kerim Engizek | [#3 LW] |  Charles Oliveira | |
| [#30 MW] |  Krzysztof Jotko | [#1 LW] |  Ilia Topuria | |
| [NR] | Khabib Nurmagomedov | [#1 WW] | Islam Makhachev | |
| [NR] |  Conor McGregor | [#1 MW] |  Khamzat Chimaev |
Lightweight (155)
[#4] Shinya Aoki (28-5-0) vs. [#187] Rob McCullough (19-7-0)
Shinya Aoki is the All-Time #3 ranked Lightweight and #22 ranked Absolute fighter.
Last 3 Fights: Shinya Aoki (3-0-0)
2011-05-29: W vs. [#189LW] Rich Clementi (40-20-1) via Submission (Neck Crank) in 2:17 of round 2
2011-04-09: W vs. [#67LW] Lyle Beerbohm (15-2-0) via Submission (Neck Crank) in 1:33 of round 1
2010-10-24: W vs. [NA] Yokthai Sithoar (0-1-0) via Submission (Keylock) in 1:00 of round 1
Last 3 Fights: Rob McCullough (2-1-0)
2011-03-12: L vs. [#65LW] Patricky Freire (9-2-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:11 of round 3
2010-09-09: W vs. [#734LW] Corey Hill (4-4-0) via UD (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
2010-07-09: W vs. [#146FW] Isaac DeJesus (9-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in 4:31 of round 1
Featherweight (145)
[#10LW] Tatsuya Kawajiri (28-7-2) vs. [#12] Joachim Hansen (22-10-1)
Last 3 Fights: Tatsuya Kawajiri (2-1-0)
2011-07-16: W vs. [#105WW] Drew Fickett (41-16-0) via TKO (Punches) in 4:41 of round 1
2011-04-09: L vs. [#3LW] Gilbert Melendez (19-2-0) via TKO (Elbows) in 3:14 of round 1
2010-12-31: W vs. [#28LW] Josh Thomson (18-4-0) via UD ()
Last 3 Fights: Joachim Hansen (3-0-0)
2011-05-29: W vs. [#28FW] Mitsuhiro Ishida (20-7-1) via SD ()
2010-10-29: W vs. [#193FW] Sami Aziz (5-3-1) via Submission (Armbar) in 3:47 of round 2
2010-09-25: W vs. [#6BW] Hideo Tokoro (30-23-1) via Submission (Triangle Choke) in 2:48 of round 1
Featherweight (145)
[#18] Takeshi Inoue (20-5-0) vs. [#25] Caol Uno (26-14-5)
Takeshi Inoue is the All-Time #18 ranked Featherweight fighter.
Last 3 Fights: Takeshi Inoue (2-1-0)
2011-05-29: W vs. [#47FW] Koichiro Matsumoto (13-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in 6:51 of round 1
2011-04-29: W vs. [#53FW] Taiki Tsuchiya (9-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in 4:27 of round 2
2010-09-25: L vs. [#19FW] Kazuyuki Miyata (11-8-0) via UD ()
Last 3 Fights: Caol Uno (1-2-0)
2011-05-29: W vs. [#56FW] Akiyo Nishiura (11-7-1) via UD ()
2010-12-31: L vs. [#19FW] Kazuyuki Miyata (11-8-0) via UD ()
2010-03-31: L vs. [#19LW] Gleison Tibau (23-7-0) via TKO (Punches) in 4:13 of round 1
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First, a run-down of the particulars:
Your current lineal Welterweight champion is Georges St. Pierre
The full history is below. Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.
MMA Welterweight Lineal Championship History
First, a run-down of the particulars:
Your current lineal Lightweight champion is Shinya Aoki
The full history is below. Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.
MMA Lightweight Lineal Championship History
First, a run-down of the particulars:
Your current lineal Featherweight champion is Jose Aldo
The full history is below. Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.
MMA Featherweight Lineal Championship History
Bristol, England pugilist Alex Owen (19 – 1 – 0) (last ranking [#52FW] in July 2008) was going somewhere in MMA. From 2002 to 2007, Owen tore through the British featherweight ranks, scoring victories over top fighters such as [#50BW] Paul McVeigh (18 – 6 – 0) and WEC veteran [#27BW] Brad Pickett (20 – 5 – 0).
By then he was 19-0, 14 of those wins coming by stoppage. However, following his first loss to [*] Emmanuel Fernandez (9 – 4 – 1) (another talented yet inexplicably inactive fighter), everything changed. An excerpt from an article written by Chris Cork on mmahitpit.com gives some details on the situation:
“…Like most British fighters, Owen trained and competed part-time while holding down a full-time day job. For the past eight-and-a-half years he has paid the bills serving as a Police Constable with Avon & Somerset Constabulary – a job which permitted him to fight professional MMA. That was until July 2007 when, following a loss to Emmanuel Fernandez, Owen was told he would no longer be allowed to fight…”
Owen has not fought since.
Fighters who have the luxury to train full-time should feel fortunate. A story like this illustrates the harsh reality that only a select few will be truly successful in the fight game. If a talent like Alex Owen could be forced to leave the sport he loved (and did remarkably well in) due to financial issues, then it could happen to any fighter. We can hope that as MMA continues to grow as a global sport, less and less talented fighters will have to suffer similar fates as Owen.
At the end of the article, Owen talks about his possible return to the cage, but unfortunately the article was written in May 2010. Perhaps (and hopefully) we have not seen the last of Alex Owen in MMA.
Full Article: http://www.mmahitpit.com/news/alexowenonhiswayback
First, a run-down of the particulars:
Your current lineal Bantamweight champion is Dominick Cruz
The full history is below. Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.
MMA Bantamweight Lineal Championship History
First, a run-down of the particulars:
Your current lineal Flyweight champion is Ian McCall.
The full history is below. Note, the colored backgrounds indicate a title change.
MMA Flyweight Lineal Championship History
Bantamweight (135)
[#3] Joe Warren (7-1-0) vs. [#4FLY] Alexis Vila (9-0-0)
Last 3 Fights: Joe Warren (3-0-0)
2011-04-16: W vs. [#56BW] Marcos Galvao (9-4-1) via UD (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
2010-09-02: W vs. [#69FW] Joe Soto (9-2-0) via KO (Knee and Punches) in 0:33 of round 2
2010-06-24: W vs. [#5FW] Patricio Freire (17-1-0) via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Last 3 Fights: Alexis Vila (3-0-0)
2011-02-12: W vs. [#31FLY] Lewis McKenzie (12-7-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:26 of round 2
2010-06-25: W vs. [*] Omar Choudhury (13-7-0) via TKO (Punches) in 2:50 of round 3
2010-04-30: W vs. [#113FLY] Sean Hall (3-2-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:34 of round 2
Bantamweight (135)
[#44] Ed West (16-5-0) vs. [#76] Luis Alberto Nogueira (11-1-0)
Last 3 Fights: Ed West (2-1-0)
2011-03-18: W vs. [NA] Sam Rodriguez (4-3-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 1:22 of round 1
2010-10-14: L vs. [#9BW] Zach Makovsky (13-2-0) via UD (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)
2010-09-23: W vs. [#55BW] Jose Vega (9-5-0) via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Last 3 Fights: Luis Alberto Nogueira (3-0-0)
2011-04-23: W vs. [#266BW] Jerod Spoon (5-2-1) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
2010-10-17: W vs. [NA] Atila Lourenco (2-3-0) via Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) in 0:50 of round 2
2010-10-02: W vs. [#176FW] Mauricio Santos Jr (5-6-0) via UD ()
Bantamweight (135)
[#38FW] Wilson Reis (12-3-0) vs. [#65] Eduardo Dantas (10-2-0)
Eduardo Dantas is the All-Time #24 ranked Bantamweight fighter.
Last 3 Fights: Wilson Reis (2-1-0)
2011-04-16: L vs. [#5FW] Patricio Freire (17-1-0) via KO (Punches) in 3:29 of round 3
2011-03-19: W vs. [#234FW] Zac George (20-5-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:09 of round 1
2010-10-21: W vs. [#24FW] Deividas Taurosevicius (13-5-0) via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Last 3 Fights: Eduardo Dantas (3-0-0)
2010-12-11: W vs. [NA] Samuel de Souza (1-2-0) via Submission (Armbar) in 0:20 of round 1
2010-05-30: W vs. [#114BW] Hiromasa Ogikubo (8-2-2) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 1:21 of round 3
2009-11-28: W vs. [NA] Carlos Roberto (1-9-0) via TKO (Punches) in 0:46 of round 2
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Introducing another new feature at FightMatrix.com: Upcoming Events.
We will be publishing a list of upcoming MMA events and scheduled or rumored bouts – showing how the opponents stack up against each other according to our rankings, of course.
This data is provided courtesy of Sherdog.com and will be updated weekly. If you notice any errors or omissions, please report a correction to Sherdog!
In the upcoming week or two, I plan to research all lineal championships from the beginning of MMA up until now, starting with Flyweight. I wanted to post this announcement in an effort to get any type of brainstorming from our members on how to consider particular types of scenarios. The challenges are:
These decisions and Flyweight.. coming soon.
Light Heavyweight (205)
[#90MW] Nick Rossborough (19-14-0) vs. [#81] Lorenz Larkin (11-0-0)
Last 3 Fights: Nick Rossborough (3-0-0)
2011-09-09: W vs. [#220LHW] Hank Weiss (35-18-0) via Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 1:18 of round 2
2011-03-18: W vs. [#174MW] John Kafer (9-3-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:41 of round 1
2010-10-16: W vs. [#194LHW] Jason Guida (18-26-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Last 3 Fights: Lorenz Larkin (3-0-0)
2011-06-24: W vs. [#167LHW] Gian Villante (8-3-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2011-04-01: W vs. [#248LHW] Scott Lighty (7-2-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:15 of round 2
2011-02-25: W vs. [#299LHW] Mike Cook (11-9-0) via TKO (Punches) in 3:32 of round 2
Lightweight (155)
[#796] Ryan Couture (2-1-0) vs. [#2946] Maka Watson (4-1-0)
Last 3 Fights: Ryan Couture (2-1-0)
2011-06-24: L vs. [#353LW] Matt Ricehouse (5-0-0) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2011-02-18: W vs. [#1000LW] Lee Higgins (2-1-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 4:41 of round 3
2010-08-13: W vs. [#2841LW] Lucas Stark (2-5-0) via Submission (Triangle Choke) in 1:15 of round 1
Last 3 Fights: Maka Watson (2-1-0)
2011-07-22: L vs. [#1411LW] Bill Cooper (1-0-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 2:39 of round 2
2008-08-09: W vs. [NA] Richard Augustin (0-1-0) via TKO in ? of round 1
2008-06-28: W vs. [NA] Wyatt Leong (0-3-0) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in ? of round 1
Welterweight (170)
[#32] Jason High (14-3-0) vs. [#204] Todd Moore (14-4-0)
Last 3 Fights: Jason High (3-0-0)
2011-06-24: W vs. [#87WW] Quinn Mulhern (15-2-0) via UD (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
2011-01-28: W vs. [#190MW] Rudy Bears (13-8-0) via Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 0:51 of round 1
2010-12-31: W vs. [#104WW] Hayato Sakurai (35-12-2) via SD ()
Last 3 Fights: Todd Moore (2-1-0)
2011-06-18: W vs. [#205WW] Mike Bronzoulis (13-3-1) via UD (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
2010-11-12: W vs. [#1553WW] Lee King (14-17-1) via TKO (Punches) in 0:36 of round 2
2010-07-31: L vs. [#203WW] Brian Melancon (5-2-0) via TKO (Punches) in 1:00 of round 1
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